I am bleary eyed reading through the assorted CAL Q&A's abut I don't think I have found what I am looking for.

In a situation where there is a 2008 Server with 50 users accessing web services and 100 appliances (Win 7 embedded and/or WES) connecting to the server for web services/SQL what is the proper CAL configuration? There are no human users ever logged on to the appliances. Do they still need device CALs?

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My first thought is Yes, each device needs a Cal. I say this because I personally use user cals here, but I ended up having to get a few device cals for a couple of Multifunction printers to access the server.

Your 100 devices since they access SQL, which is on a server, would need the appropriate cals to do that, I would think.

What do the users log on to? do they have their own Windows 7 machines? What is it the Win 7 Embedded appliances do?

It is an area that is not specified. My thought is that the devices would need cals, but I could be wrong. Your best bet is to talk to your reseller, or ask a Microsoft licensing expert. Your reseller can usually get a MS licensing specialist on the phone if needed.

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